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Figures 1-18 
1-2. Lyria gabbi Vokes, 1998, NHMW 2009z0079/0006 (ex BL coll.), height 33.7 mm, Cantaure Formation 
(early Miocene: Burdigalian), lower shell bed, Casa Cantaure, Paraguana Peninsula, Falcôn, Venezuela. 3-4. 
Lyria gabbi Vokes, 1998, NHMW 2009z0079/0001 (ex BL coll.), height 44.3 mm, Baitoa Formation (early 
Miocene: Burdigalian), E side Rio Yaqué del Norte, just above mouth of Arroyo Hondo, Dominican Republic (= 
NMB 17290; see Saunders et al. 1986). 5-6. Lyria limata Hoerle & Vokes, 1978, NHMW 2009z0079/0002 (ex 
BL coll.), height 33.1 mm, Chipola Formation (early Miocene: Burdigalian), Tenmile Creek, 2.8 km W of 
Chipola River, Calhoun County, Florida (= TU 546; see Hoerle & Vokes 1978). 7-8. Lyria pulchella (Sowerby, 
1850), NHMW 2009z0079/0003 (ex BL coll.), height 28.8 mm, Gurabo Formation (early Pliocène: Zanclean), 
Gurabo River, E bank, firsl bluff downstream from ford on Los Quemados-Sabaneta road, Dominican Republic 
(= TU 1210; see Saunders et al. 1986). 9-10. Lyria incomperta Hoerle & Vokes, 1978, NHMW 2009z0079/0004 
(ex BL coll.), height 47.0 mm, Cercado Formation (late Miocene: Tortonian), unnamed formation, Lôpez area, 
Rio Yaqué del Norte, Dominican Republic (= NMB 17273; see Saunders et al. 1986). 11-13. Enaeta inornata n. 
sp., holotype, NMB H18371, height 30.8 mm, Cantaure Formation (early Miocene: Burdigalian), lower shell 
bed, Casa Cantaure, Paraguana Peninsula, Falcôn, Venezuela. 14-16. inornata n. sp., paratype, NHMW 
2009z0078/000l (ex BL coll.). height 25.0 mm, Cantaure Formation (early Miocene: Burdigalian), lower shell 
bed. Casa Cantaure, Paraguana Peninsula, Falcôn, Venezuela. 17-18. Enaeta isabellae (Maury, 1910), NHMW 
2009z0079/0005 (ex BL coll.), height 33.1 mm, Chipola Formation (early Miocene: Burdigalian), Tenmile 
Creek, 2.8 km W of Chipola River, Calhoun County, Florida (= TU 546; see Hoerle & Vokes 1978). 
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